Trousers-press.



No. 844,712. PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907.

H. DALITZV TROUSERS PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1906.

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HARRY DALITZ, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

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Application filed September 5, 1906.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Serial No. 333,318.

To all whom 6t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY DALITZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at ()leveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Trousers-Presses, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention is a device for pressing trousers, and has for its objectto provide means for pressing or creasing trousers without ironing,employing a pair of boards between which the trousers are placed, theparts being held together by spring fastening devices capable of beingreleased to allow the trousers to be removed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is an edge view. Fig. 3 is acrosssection on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the upper board and7 the lower board, the latter being extended at the head beyond theformer. The boards are fastened together at one edge by means of aseries of springs 8, which are made fast to hinge members 9, secured tothe under side of the lower board and engaged in eyes 10, se cured ontop of the upper board. The springs Will swing on the parts 9, so thatthe boards can be conveniently laid open. Along the opposite edge theboards are fastened to gether by means of springs 11, which are fixed attheir lower ends to eyes 12 on the bottom board and have at their upperends loops 13, which may be engaged over pins 14, projecting from theedge of the upper board. Grips 15 are connected to the springs, so thatthey can be pulled up to engage the same with the pins. lined withcloth, as indicated at 16, and the connecting-springs are set in notchesin the edges of the board, so that they do not project beyond the same.A middle creasingstrip 17 is also preferably used between the legs ofthe trousers, this strip being made of thin Wood, compressed fiber, orthe like. In

Both boards are preferably order to hold the upper part of the trousers,a spring-clip is provided, consisting of a crossbar 18, extending acrossthe head of the bottom board and connected by a rod 19 to a coiledspring 20, the end of which extends under and is fastened to the head ofthe bottom. board, as indicated at 21. A handle 22 allows the bar to beraised.

In use the upper and lower boards are laid open and the trousers areplaced with the waist under the clip 18. This holds the trousers andenables them to be stretched or pulled down to straighten or smooth thelegs, after which the top board 6 is folded upon the same and thesprings 11 connected. The spring-pressure between the boards will pressand crease the trousers in a comparatively short time. The coiled spring20 al'l'ords convenicnt means for hanging the device upon a hook, i 1 sodesired.

1. A press comprising a pair of boards having notches in their edges,and coiled springs located in the notches and connecting the boards atopposite edges, the boards having at one edge hinge members projectingat the notches and connected to the ends of the springs, and havingprojections at the notches in the opposite edge connected to the ends ofthe springs, the connections to said projections on one board beingdetachable.

2. A trousers-press comprising a pair of boards and means to clamp thesame together, one of said boards being extended at the head beyond theother, and a clip-bar extending across said head and having a coiledspring projecting beyond said head, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY DALITZ.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMIIARDT, SHERLEY J. BOMMHARDT.

